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Martyrdom of the church's two greatest apostles forces church leadership into a new era.
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Christianity and Judaism official broke since Christians fled from jerusalem.
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the work of the first major scholar/apologist, makes Christianity reasonable to thinking pagans.
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are built, signaling a shift in Christians' life and practice
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made by Constantine 1 the Roman Emperor, Christianity no longer persecuted.
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in his Easter Letter lists the current 27 books of the canon
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breaks heathenism and fosters Christianity, leading to a flourishing Celtic church.
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deeply damaged Western Christians' relations with others, the breach between Eastern and Western Christians became wide and lasting, sparked pogroms against the Jews, and the crusaders' brutality worked only to make Muslims more militant. On an economic level, however, the Crusades increased trade and stepped up Europe's economic growth. They also led to a greater interest in travel, map making and exploration.
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leaving the first complete English Bible
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sparked a revolution in society and the church. Books could now be produced in quantities and at prices that made them available to many people, not merely to scholars and monks. The resulting explosion of knowledge continues to accelerate in our day. Paved the way for the Reformation.
